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Posted date: 2013-Jan-02
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Recreational amenities at Hyatt Place Detroit/Auburn Hills include an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and a coffee shop/café.
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Flat-screen televisions include premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature beds with pillowtop mattresses, complimentary wireless Internet access, and complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Hyatt Place Detroit/Auburn Hills features an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Dining options at the hotel include a coffee shop/café and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of audiovisual equipment and small meeting rooms. 2 meeting rooms are available. This eco-friendly hotel also offers concierge services, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Hyatt Place Detroit/Auburn Hills is a smoke-free property.
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- Free breakfast
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Free parking
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Audiovisual equipment
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- Express check-out
- Total number of rooms - 127
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
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- Multiple small meeting rooms
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- Smoke-free property
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- Premium TV channels
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- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Climate control
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- Direct-dial phone
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
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Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
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- Pet fee: USD 75 per room, per stay (maximum USD 175 per stay) plus USD 100 one-time cleaning fee
- Deposit: USD 50.00 per stay
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Former President Bill Clinton was joined by celebrities, athletes and doctors Tuesday for an inaugural conference held in partnership with the Humana Challenge.
Tuesday's discussions put on by the Clinton Foundation were based on the health problems facing our country.
But the former President also spoke to the audience about his friend, the legendary Bob Hope.
"I want to thank Bob Hope for his legacy and the friendship I had with him."
Stirring words from former President Bill Clinton to herald in the new era of the Humana Challenge, formerly the Bob Hope Classic.
"We hope that the work that we're doing with Humana and the PGA tour to carry on Bob Hope's legacy of service and giving back will give us a tournament that has the goal of encouraging every single person to make a personal committment to lifelong wellness and to be involved with family and community to encourage healthy living in others," said former President Clinton.
Tuesday's panel addressed the problems facing America's health and wellness.
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And PGA tour players are trying to help get kids healthier in all communities.
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Local lawmakers are getting involved in health matters.
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"Even though we may have lack of access, lack of funds, overwhelming situations within our community, diabetes, obesity, fatty liver disease, the truth of the matter is there is a simple solution, we have to eat less and we have to move more," said Michaels.
Health, former President Clinton says should be a non-partisan issue.
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The first round of the Humana Challenge begins Thursday at PGA West in La Quinta.
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Pepin's New Look
America's hottest cigarmaker, José "Pepin" Garcia, has a grand new factory in Nicaragua.
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The building is huge and bright, quite out of place on the Pan American highway in Estelí, Nicaragua, where construction tends to be modest, dusty and far more drab. With its high, cream-colored walls, oversized arched windows and prominent entry porch complete with a red terra-cotta roof, one might mistake it for a Spanish mission, but it's one of Nicaragua's newest and grandest cigar factories. Inside, José "Pepin" Garcia, perhaps the hottest name in the cigar business, has found his new home: My Father Cigars.
Garcia's business has changed dramatically in a very short time. Three years ago (when he was last profiled, in the December 2007 Cigar Aficionado), he was making cigars with but a dozen rollers in a tiny Miami factory the size of a New York City apartment and had recently expanded into a modest Nicaraguan factory with about 80 workers. In Estelí, he focused primarily on making cigars under contract for a variety of clients around the United States. Then the cigars were becoming some of the hottest in America, but there were only so many: he was making fewer than 15,000 a day, shy of four million cigars annually. In his new facility, he makes ever more cigars, including not only well-known contract brands such as Tatuaje Havana VI and San Cristobal, but star brands all his own, most notably My Father. With more than 200 cigarmakers, production has soared to some 35,000 cigars daily, in the neighborhood of eight million cigars a year.
My Father Cigars is the cigar factory arm of the Garcia Family Industrial Park, a seven-acre complex in Estelí. Visitors entering the factory are greeted by a wall of photos of Garcia and his family that include a black-and-white shot taken in Cuba when Pepin (pronounced Peh-PEEN) was a younger man. In the photo he's broad chested, wide shouldered, snapped in the midst of a rolling contest against another cigarmaker. Standing in front of the photo, Garcia happily points to the piles of well-rolled double coronas, or prominentes, that sit before him. His stacks far outstrip his competition's. Today, at age 60, Pepin is well-tanned, his hair thinner and mostly gray, a bit of a paunch where there was none before, but he is still in robust shape. The pleasure in his eyes is evident as he describes his earlier prowess at the rolling table.
Garcia was already a great roller in Cuba before setting out to make his own cigars, but the creation of My Father Cigars is clearly his grandest achievement. "Having a large and elaborate factory in Nicaragua allows us, first of all, to be able to have a bigger production, more organization, capacity. Since this factory follows the process from A to Z we have now the possibility to grow our own tobacco leaves. We have more control of what we want to create. It is definitely our dream come true," says Garcia, through an interpreter. "It means quality for us. We are taking care of everything, from the beginning, in the farms, the pre-industry, the production and even the final process. It means everything for us."
It's an utter transformation from his previous operation, where tobacco was jammed into cramped quarters in Miami and every single item (and person) seemed on top of the other. Nicaragua has become the home base for the Garcias. Most of the tobacco the company uses is processed here. Even with hundreds of people working, the factory seems half empty, and that's intentional. There is room to add rollers in the rolling gallery, room for more tobacco in the warehouse, room for more cigars in the aging room. There is plenty of room to expand. Room to breathe.
Here the Garcias make cigars for themselves (My Father and the Tabacos Baez brands) as well for other clients, including brand owner Pete Johnson (Tatuaje Havana VI, La Riqueza, Ambos Mundos), Ashton Distributors Inc. (San Cristobal, La Aroma de Cuba Edición Especial) and United Tobacco (Murcielago and 601). Ashton, Garcia's biggest client, became so pleased with his work that it recently gave him production of La Aroma de Cuba, a brand that had been made in Honduras since 2002 by Altadis U.S.A. Inc. Garcia changed the blend, replacing the Honduran wrapper with dark, Connecticut broadleaf and adding Nicaraguan components on the inside. The reblended cigar departed the gate with a 93-point rating in Cigar Aficionado.
The succession of high scores from Garcia-made cigars in Cigar Aficionado and Cigar Insider blind tastings has not slowed since he moved to Nicaragua. In fact, the results have grown even more impressive. He's had at least one cigar in all six of Cigar Aficionado's Top 25 listings, including four in the most recent list, which included his best showing ever with the No. 3 ranking of his My Father No. 1.
The My Father brand was actually created by Pepin's son, Jaime, a 39-year-old with a haircut like a marine and dark, sleepy eyes. Jaime has become Pepin's right hand, and an accomplished blender in his own right. He worked on the My Father blend in secret, trying to hide the project from his father. Jaime swore the factory to silence and started working on the blend in private. Then someone slipped up and Pepin found out about what Jaime was doing. Pepin asked his son for three of the new cigars, took them home and puffed them, enjoying them immensely. It was then that Jaime told his father he intended to name the cigar brand "My Father."
The cigar became a cornerstone for the Garcias and later the Nicaraguan cigar company was named for it. (They originally called the factory Tabacalera Cubana, changed the name to Tabacalera Garcia S.A., but that was too close to Altadis's Tabacalera de Garcia Ltd.)
On a tour of the My Father facility, the Garcia father-and-son team is joined by Pepin's daughter Janny as well as Johnson, the heavily tattooed owner of the Tatuaje cigar brand.
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Ed Burke — Hawthorne, NJ, USA, — June 19, 2011 9:38pm ET
This man is a master to his craft. I've recently had the extreme pleasure of smoking several different lines of his cigars. They were all were outstanding! The "My Father Cigars" Belicoso took me to another place. There will always be a place for "Pepin" in my humidor.
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ALBANY, Ga. -- The body of an unidentified woman was discovered around noon Monday at a local motel.
Phyllis Banks, spokesperson for the Albany Police Department, said the department was called in to investigate after management from Regency Inn discovered a body in a room at approximately 12:05 p.m.
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Lee Thompson Young Dead of Apparent Suicide; Rizzoli & Isles Actor was 29by Matt Richenthal at .
Very sad news today out of the television world:
Lee Thompson Young, a veteran actor who has appeared as Detective Barry Frost on Rizzoli & Isles since 2010, was found dead today at his residence in Los Angeles. He was 29 years old.
Sources tell TMZ that Young was late for work this morning, prompting his landlord to open his apartment door to check on the star and finding his corpse inside, reportedly the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"We are all without the words to truly express our collective grief and profound sadness at the loss of such a sweet, bright light," Tweeted Rizzoli & Isles creator Janet Tamaro not long after the tragic news broke.
Young broke into acting on Disney Channel's The Famous Jett Jackson in 1998 and also appeared in episodes of Scrubs, FlashForward and Smallville. We send our thoughts and best wishes to the 29-year old actor's friends and loved ones.
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Everyone at Rizzoli & Isles is devastated by the news of the passing of Lee Thompson Young. We are beyond heartbroken at the loss of this sweet, gentle, good-hearted, intelligent man. He was truly a member of our family. Lee will be cherished and remembered by all who knew and loved him, both on- and offscreen, for his positive energy, infectious smile and soulful grace. We send our deepest condolences and thoughts to his family, to his friends and, most especially, to his beloved mother.
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The star savors simplicity, and she didn disappoint inside a black halter gown by designer Jenny Packham, accessorized with vintage jewels and her huge reduce back tattoo. She told E! that awards days, even though hectic, are enjoyable. enjoyable to wake up and play with your youngsters and get prepared and go out and be with your good friends.
My heart goes out to his family, friends, and co-workers who knew him personally, it is another great loss for Hollywood, as a fan of the show, I am curious as to how they will proceed with the series now that Lee is gone, will they fill his shoes with a look alike actor, will they add his death into the show and create a new character? If they play out his death on screen will it be a suicide, accident, or murder, as that is what the show is about. I wonder how Lee would like for the character of Berry Frost to be carried out?
God, I am always sorry to hear that some jackass sucked a bullet and took the cowards way out of this world. Wish the brother would have called the LA suicide hotline!!! Maybe his young life world have been saved. He was proably suffering from Manic depression or bipolar as they so affectionly call manic depression today. What a waste. Oh well, like Tony Olando said when his best friend Freddie Prinze did the same thing: "He is where he wants to be."
Funny how a character that we tune in to watch every week becomes a part of our lives. He was a great actor because he showed no signs in his role, he was funny, on time, and played his part so well. Whatever his reason for ending his life, he must have felt so sad and empty. While I know he was someone I had never met, his loss was felt not only by me but by a lot of people who had also never met him. I hope that his family finds a way to come to grips with his passing.
This is just incredibly sad. I loved his character on R&I and will miss seeing his smiling face week after week on the show. I think R&I was still in the process of filming the back 4 episodes of the current season that are usually slated to air in December/January. With production due to end Aug. 29th, they were close to done but I wonder if they will have to rewrite now or will handle this tragedy next season.


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A board-certified holistic nurse, Brock said, "I have spiritual and religious reasons to not have those toxins in my body."
Brock is speaking out because she believes the hospital's new requirement to wear the mask amounts to a scarlet letter; CoxHealth says it is simply putting the patient first.
Mandated flu shots are already part of a national debate that pits employee rights against what some say is patient safety. Most recently, in December, an Indiana hospital fired eight employees who refused to get flu shots, according to ABC News.
Brock's situation adds another layer to the debate. This is the first year that CoxHealth employees are required to either get the vaccination or to produce paperwork showing an exemption, according to Stacy Fender, media relations coordinator for CoxHealth. In the past, flu shots were only strongly recommended.
In early September, Brock sought and was granted a religious exemption, although she admits she's more "spiritual" than "religious."


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Frank Lampard: The greatest footballer of the Premier League era
On Tuesday night, barring calamity, Chelsea's greatest player, Frank Lampard, is set to pass another milestone in an illustrious career when he steps out onto the pitch in Kiev's splendid Olympic Stadium to win his 100th cap for England. The talismanic and indefatigable Blues midfielder may be 35 years old, but his passion for the game remains undimmed by the passage of time, and he continues to rewrite the record books almost every time he plays.
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At the start of the 2011-12 season, having been naively ear-marked for the knackers yard by former Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, Lampard, ever the model professional, rode out the storm that saw Villas-Boas ridden out of town, and ended the campaign captaining the Blues to Champions League glory on a remarkable night in Munich. The following season, with the Stamford Bridge managerial merry-go-round spinning crazily away as usual, Lampard was the wise old head in the dressing room, keeping the youngsters focused as he inched his way closer to becoming Chelsea's record goal scorer whilst never appearing distracted by the hassle surrounding the negotiation of a new contract. As befitting one of the sport's genuine good guys, it all came right in the end for "Super Frank." He broke Bobby Tambling's long-standing record of 202 goals for Chelsea, secured a new deal for himself and once more captained the London side to European glory.
Mere mortals might have chosen to call it quits right there, to ride off into the sunset -- or possibly the Hollywood Hills -- and bask in the warm glow of accomplishment. But not Super Frank. Reunited in the summer with Jose Mourinho, who outlined that he'd use Lampard "sparingly," the dynamic midfielder has continued to roll back the years with sterling performances for club and country that keep the critics at bay and his supporters purring.
Lampard was just about to turn 23 in the summer of 2001 when then-Blues manager Claudio Ranieri made him his first English signing for Chelsea. Lampard arrived at Stamford Bridge on a five-year deal with West Ham picking £11 million in exchange for his services. And although Blues fans were impressed with his early performances, no one had any idea how the mild-mannered young man's career would pan out. A little more than 12 years later, a swift look at some of Frank's notable achievements for Chelsea and England tells a phenomenal story.
(Statistics are often open to debate, so let's use the base information provided by the official Chelsea website.)
Most goals scored: 204 (aggregate total)
Most Premier League goals scored: 144
Most FA Cup goals: 26
Most penalties scored by a single player: 48
Most consecutive league appearances: 164
Most appearances in UEFA competitions: 107
Most internationally capped player: 98 while at Chelsea (99 in total)
Highest-scoring England midfielder: 29
First and only midfielder to have scored 150-plus goals in the Premier League
First player to score 10 or more goals in 10 consecutive Premier League seasons
With 610 Chelsea appearances to his name to date (third on the Blues' all-time list behind Peter Bonetti and Ron Harris), Lampard's haul of medals (as a selected player) is unmatched by any other Stamford Bridge icon.
Premier League: 3
FA Cup: 4
League Cup: 2
Community Shield: 2
Champions League: 1
Europa League: 1
The term "glittering career" could have been coined for Frank Lampard.
It is Lampard's remarkable prowess in front of goal that settles many a lively debate about who the greatest player of the Premier League generation really is. Manchester United fans may champion the credentials of players like Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. Liverpool fans would tout Steven Gerrard. Arsenal would claim Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp, while Newcastle point to Alan Shearer. All of them fantastic talents, but none of them, in the final analysis, come close to Super Frank. And what of those goals? Ah, what memories.
For Chelsea, given the significance of the occasion, the brace against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok on April 30, 2005, the day the Blues secured the topflight title for the first time in 50 years, are often spoken of as Frank's finest. The first saw Lamps latch onto a Didier Drogba knock-down, run rings around Trotters defender Vincent Candela and slot the ball past Jussi Jaaskelainen to open the scoring right in front of the travelling Blue and White army. The second was an absolute peach. Lampard, sprinting clear of the Bolton defence, used Ricardo Carvalho's thoroughbred run to his right as a decoy before dropping his shoulder, skinning Jaaskelainen and purposefully dispatching the ball into the net.
For England, the strike that lives longest in the memory is the goal that never was. Had current technology been in use during the 2010 World Cup Finals, then Frank Lampard's stunning, lofted shot that landed well over the Germany goal line, having beaten keeper Manuel Neuer all ends up, would have stood as a goal and gone on to be recognised for its brilliance. With it Lamps would now have 30 international goals to his name instead of 29. But such is life. Germany went on to win the match 4-1, leaving their supporters talking of divine retribution for the infamous Geoff Hurst goal of 1966.
How long Lampard can carry on for at the top doesn't really matter. What is significant right now is that he is still at the top, a ringing endorsement for the man himself and for everyone who believes in and continues to support him. Against the Ukraine on Tuesday night, Lampard will add to his legend: This True Blue isn't done just yet, and those of a sentimental nature may well back Frankie boy to score. Next summer's World Cup is a long way off, indeed, England have yet to qualify, but should they reach Brazil, in the curious world of football there's always a hope that something extraordinary might happen. A World Cup win for Roy Hodgson's boys and another winner's medal for Lampard to add to his collection? Anything is possible. That being the case, I believe Super Frank might finally hang his boots up.


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How do you model concentration risk of credit portfolio in IRB/Basel II framework?
There is a fairly recent (2010) monograph by Martin Hibbeln entirely devoted to this very question. He starts with the standard Asymptotic Single Risk Factor model and shows how it can be modified in order to be consistent with the Basel II framework. He also compares the accuracy and runtime of several modern models which have been developed to measure sector concentration risk.
Via Liquidity Horizons $LH$ (which have to be taken into consideration anyway when modelling for $Basel_3$) as function of the specific concentrations $c$'s.
Increasing the effective maturity of the contract, $M_0+LH_0$, by a quantity proportional to its concentrations with respect to different slicings magnifies the credit risk. $M_0$ is the maturity specified for the contract, $LH_0$ is the LH originally assigned (in the absence of concentration risk/interactions with other contracts).
The maturity is simullated to be within $[M_0+LH_0, M_0+ LH_0 + {\Delta}LH)$ having, let's say, ${\Delta}LH=w_{creditRate}*c_{creditRate} + w_{industry}*c_{industry}, w_{industry}*c_{region}, ...)$
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Periodic Table of the Elements
Merck presents new version of its award-winning reference work
Merck has improved its successful interactive periodic table of the elements even further: The new version 2.0 of the award-winning reference tool provides more information, new functions and an even more appealing presentation.
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I am working on mine right now!
[Path of Zeus]
A four part combo move specific to dual type users. It delivers an enormous amount of damage to a single enemy.
[War cry]
A mighty roar that boost the users speed & attack & intimidates all around him for 7 seconds.
[Step of Artemis]
A move that damages all monsters directly in front of him. He zips passed in a terrifying speed, swinging his
weapon so fast that all left in his wake is a white glowing after image.
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NOTE! Story & art by me. However I was heavily influenced by the styles of many & took piece by piece of what I think best fit my avatar. (Hair like Chad, Body/armor like Lancer, positioning like Gambit, slash like Ag, etc) I sketched out these features & combined them into my own creation. I found the paper background on Google & edited it. Same with the Brackets. Duration: Eternity. I'm still adding more to it every now & then. Srsly, I'm giving my all to win this one. (´◉◞_◟◉)
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Proof of work.
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NOTE: I've possibly read, viewed, and listened to every tutorial out there in order to make this second one. The outline drawing was the easy part. Cleaning it was simple too. It was those effects and coloring that killed. >__< I'm happy with it though.Huzzah! Also, this one had zero influences. Oh, & if anyone would like to see the tutorials I used to get this far, just ask.
I was thinking about making it so he would shatter into a bunch of pieces. =l
I've decided to do my entry over again, this time correctly like the template in the examples for this contest. I'll be uploading my final result in color and keeping that as my entry, and the old one will be just part of proof its mine. I'm gonna do my best to knock this out of the park Here we go!...
*Update* It's done. Its on page 3.http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-773817/design-your-own-sword-art-online-avatar-win-amazing-prizes?pg=2
TerraGamerX wrote:
Please don't say you spent a day on this. You've only added a vignette border to this image I can find in older places on the web. And the fact the account was just made has some negative implications.
Please don't spoil the fun
You never know, maybe he spent the whole day choosing which border to submit.
Don't know, don't care.
I don't how many hours i put in to this but it came out well
Wow, i'm loving peoples entries so far =) so many good designs..
Here's mine
About the character
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Class: Beast Tamer
Level: 76
Pet Mulka (Wolf Pixy)
Weapon: Falcón Eye: Always has a 100% chance of landing on target.. It can also helps the player detect creatures with ease.
One Handed Sword: 1000 «Mastered
Battle Healing: 490
Tracking: 1000 «Mastered»
Cooking: 100
She is shy and has trouble making friends, in game as well.. So becoming a Beast Master she made a Wolf Pixy friend as her partner. She uses a one handed short sword called Falcón Eye- which usually always lands on target..
Edited- Decided to do a battle pose, i know it's coloured differently but thought i'd try it differently xD
Thought I'd add the uncoloured pencil drawings and close up -
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And umm, i decided to have this as well, a picture of me >///<
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~"The Saddest people Smile the brightest" ~
I can't remember all the rules in SAO world... So I hope a crossbow is ok.
So here's my avatar. Since I don't like being face to face with the enemy, I'd pick a bow and arrow as my weapon. Bad at melee, good stealth properties. She also has a hidden knife. Often goes grinding by herself to keep all the items and exp. Loots like crazy and may pickpocket other players every once in a while...
HAHA I actually did this before da thread came out //shot* ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD!!!
here she is but shes in the start up gear :V
im sorry im so innactive online ;A;
faggot_naruto wrote:
I don't how many hours i put in to this but it came out well
And they keep going..
I think we need an official statement of "modifying/altering, tracing, reproducing, or just blatant theft is unacceptable."
That awkward moment when you go to blow away eraser shavings and instead accidentally spit on the page...
This many people are plagiarizing already? That takes the fun away a bit.
Haruhi be praised!
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Ok here is my entry. Its me and my kids. Took me 2 days, was soo excited to draw something and found a way to involve my kids. We are all a huge gaming family so it would make sense if they did follow me into the game. My char would be a barbarian/amazon with a broad sword (need to protect my kids!) My son would be the mace wielder and a blacksmith. My daughter for all her cuteness would be a more rogue type, daggers and a cat! Enjoy!
This is me and my kids taking tae kwon do.
Awesome pic! Cute kids! :)
Please check out my youtube video! Look up Cherrie Banks,Rate and comment Thanks
kemekolivese wrote:
Googled that picture. All you did was put a text on it.. third one stealing art
I only see 2 thieves before this post. Which one is the 3rd one?
You know whats funny, I guess some people don't know you can search Google by uploading an image. So its almost unnecessary to search through many sites to spot a fraud. All you do is go to "Google Images" take the image you suspect is a fraud then drag and drop into the search bar. Once it uploads it tries to find that same image and visually similar image. Really neat huh?
u-u The art thieves could be a little smarter at least. All of them have been choosing random classes that aren't allowed in SAO. These guys aren't fans.
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A news report published Thursday found Mitt Romney had remained the head of Bain Capital three years longer than he had told the Securities Exchange Commission, sparking accusations between campaign staffers for the Republican and President Obama.
The Romney campaign called for Obama to apologize for calling the former Massachusetts governor "a felon."
On CNBC's "The Kudlow Report," former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean took issue with that characterization.
"They didn't say Mitt Romney was a felon. They said misrepresenting yourself to the SEC is a felony," he said. "Now here's what Mitt Romney did: Mitt Romney signed papers that were filed with the SEC in 2002, three years after he said he left Bain that, said he was the CEO and the chairman, and was 100 percent owner of Bain. That's what it said in the SEC filing. It seems to me a reasonable person would suspect the chief executive officer was running the company."
The Boston Globe reported that nine SEC filings, submitted by four different business entities after February 1999, described Romney as the head of Bain Capital.
The story also said that Romney indicated in a state filing that he still owned 100 percent of Bain Capital in 2002, and that he had earned at least $100,000 as a Bain "executive."
Romney, according to the story, has maintained that he was not responsible for Bain companies that went bankrupt or laid off workers after February 1999, when he claims to have parted ways with the firm.
James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute found fault with the story.
"One half of the charge that was he lied and he was actively involved. Now we know that's not true. Now we're down to that he misrepresented himself. If you read the prospectus of these various funds, it says right there in black and white, Mitt Romney is not running these funds, he is not one of the investment managers," he said. "They couldn't be any clearer. Nothing was misrepresented. So what's left? Not really very much."
Pethokoukis chalked it up as pure politics on behalf of the Obama campaign.
"One more bad jobs report, and they're going to have him behind the Madoff scandal," he said, alluding to convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff.
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[http://photophilanthropy.org/gallery-posts/orphanage-in-transylvania/ Here] is an example of a good photo essay. The [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in_pictures/ BBC News In Pictures] site also has several good examples.

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On reading the headline titled "All elections should hold in one day – Jega" which appeared in The Punch of Thursday, December 13, 2012, one is bound to give kudos to Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the cogent reason advanced by him for the suggestion – to forestall high cost of prosecuting staggered elections in Nigeria – but midway into the full report in one of the inside pages in the newspaper, one is bound to get overwhelmed with utter disappointment and become downbeat on reaching that part of the report where he opined that the long overdue idea will not be feasible for the 2015 elections. Going by reasoning, year 2015 can be described as still far away and this has been buttressed and confirmed by President Goodluck Jonathan, who, when questioned of recent on whether he would again contest in 2015, retorted unambiguously that it was "too early" to be asked whether he would contest in that election or not.
The Independent National Electoral Commission should immediately set in motion the necessary machinery towards actualization of this laudable proposal so that it can be implemented for the 2015 elections. The truth of the matter is that should Professor Jega want this proposal implemented within a short period of six months, Nigerians believe it is a task that he can accomplish if the avalanche of accolades showered on him both nationally and internationally on the efficient, transparent and successful handling of elections so far conducted by the commission under his chairmanship, notably the April 2011 general elections, the Edo and Ondo governorship elections held so far this year, is anything to go by.
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Competitor Classics: Rod and Pre
- By Bob Babbitt
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Written by: Bob Babbitt
Their first meeting came after the 1972 Olympics. At those games in Munich, America's young gun, Steve Prefontaine, took fourth place in the Olympic 5000 meters while New Zealand's Rod Dixon took home a bronze in the 1500.
For the man called Pre, finishing off the podium was a bitter disappointment. Check that. The guy could have cared less about being on the podium. If he didn't leave Germany with the Gold Medal, the trip to Europe in his mind would have been a horrific waste of time. Kenny Moore recalls running into Pre in the bowels of the Olympic Stadium after Moore had finished fourth in the marathon. "I was struggling with how I should feel about the experience," Moore recalls. "I had had a great race, but I hadn't medaled." Pre put his hands on Moore's shoulders and told him that he was the fourth best marathoner on the planet and that he should be incredibly proud of his achievement. Moore then asked Pre how his 5000 meter event had turned out: "I took fourth," he said, fairly spitting out the number. "Fourth is awful."
The message was clear: While fourth place was just fine for the Kenny Moore's of the world, fourth is certainly not up to the standards or expectations of one Steve Roland Prefontaine. At one time Pre held every American record for the seven distances ranging from 2,000 through 10,000 meters He was the James Dean of American running with his long hair, mustache and always-race-from-the-front attitude.
Rod Dixon also had long hair and a mustache, but his style of racing differed from Pre: "I raced to win," admits Dixon. "I didn't want to prove that I could push the pace harder or longer than anyone else. I wanted to be the first person across the line."
Four years earlier, in 1968, Dixon was sitting on a river bank near his home in Nelson, New Zealand listening the finals of the Olympic 1500 meters from Mexico on his transistor radio. "The signal was coming in and out and the static made it hard to hear," he remembers. In the finals the two leading men were running legends Kip Keino of Kenya and America's Jim Ryun. "I was glued to the radio listening to the finals and hoping that one day I would be the one running the 1500 at the Olympics. That was my dream."
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Sun-Thu 11:30am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11:30am-11pm
Neighborhoods: Downtown, Chinatown
At Peking Duck We prepare well in advance. Firstly air is pumped into the duck to stretch and loosen the skin, then boiling water is repeatedly spread over the bird, which is then carefully dried, the dried skin is rubbed all over with maltose, and the duck is then roasted in a hot oven for a period of time until the meat is tender and the skin crispy. Then the duck is served with house-made pancakes, green scallions, fresh cucumbers and special hoisin sauce.
You can have three guesses what you should order at Peking Duck House, and here's a hint: it's not egg foo yung. A specialist in one (very difficult) dish, this is the place to go for laquered, slow-roasted pekin ducks, ceremonially sliced and served on a large platter, and accompanied by soft crepes, plum sauce, and scallions. Don't bother asking for a menu.
My first experience with Peking duck house was wonderful so I returned for New year 2013 to have the most unpleasant experience. The atmosphere had changed a lot and had become very touristy and factory like. The waiters were unhelpful and unwelcoming.
The prices were very high. We paid 70 dollars for a dinner of a full duck (no option for a half duck) and the duck was served to us cut in very few greasy slices. sometimes we were served only the skin, the meat still on the carcass was swept away back in the kitchen.
The food was scarce. A whole duck and we had barely enough to eat for two! It seems that they use the left over meat for dishes they cook.
We complained and they told us that they could not cut the dark meat for the Peking duck dish. This is obviously false and does not exclaim skimming off the white flesh. They gave us a carcass that we took home but which was not even from the one duck we had ordered.
A real disaster dinner. Needless to say, we will never return.
Not bad, but they are not really good at handling a full house. You may find yourself waiting 20-30 minutes just to place an order on busy nights. Even so, their food is only average - which doesn't justify the costs. Sorry!
We had reservations for 5 for last Friday night. When we got to the restaurant they couldn't find our reservation and was very rude about the whole thing, We will not go back there.
Not a good choice due to it's high rates – This restaurant has one of the largest selections of premium tequilas, but the rate is so high that makes it unaffordable. The food quality is not the best and they also do not have a great selection of Chinese food. The staff is not all that supportive. So, not a good overall choice.
Very Disappointed – My family of 7 had a small birthday dinner party in Chinatown at Peking Duck House on September 9, 2010. We had reservations for 6:30pm. When we arrived at 6:25pm the restaurant was not even aware that there is a reservation and did not even prepare for it.
So far as the foods, the Scallion Pancakes tasted terrible, it did not even look like Pancakes, it looked kind of like Danish.
They did not carve the duck in front of us as it claimed on the menu. The other dish is a steamed Flounder, it is a large fish, and the waiter did not even offer to remove the bone for us as all the Chinese restaurants do. Not once did the waiters ever show up to ask how the foods were. They all gathered in the middle of the casher desk area doing nothing. We also felt rushed to leave the restaurant as the waiter wanted to quickly remove our dishes
This restaurants service was the worst that I have ever been to. If you like Chinese food there are lots of good Chinese restaurants with better services in Chinatown. It is not worth it to spend this kind of money and get all the aggravation. For me myself I will never go there again.
ASIAN BIAS,2009 – Asians be prepared to be treated like a vagrant off the street. If you do eat there make sure you ask for the oranges before you get the bill or whatever they lavish non Asians and see how the managers & staff gets all twisted & creepy with excuses that you don't deserve the same treatment. Skip the tip!!!
Bad food! Bad Service with Ridiculous EXCUSES! – Ducks are too dry to match their so expensive price! Also, their service is very inequality .
They refuse to serve after dinner to us oranges after a so expensive meal. We asked why they only not gave us.
At first, they said there is no orange left, then they said we have to pay for it, so we asked them to show us the menu. They finally said we were being bad customers, but others are their friends, and those customers spend a lot of money there, so they would like and have to pay for the orange for all of their friends!?! How Ridiculous!
We will not go back there again. AND EVERYBODY, DO NOT GO THERE!
Do Not Eat Here!! – After reading all the recommendation in numerous sites, plus some in the guide books, I decided to go there with a group of friends to give it a try.
Big disappointment! The duck was cold and bland; the vegetable dish we ordered was soggy; the lamb dish was just salty! Overall, the food here was terrible!
This is a big tourist trap: overprice + second class food.
It's a waste of money. Don't even think of eating here.
Ripped Off – There aren't many restaurants that I can think of where I left feeling like I had been totally cheated out of my money. Unfortunately for me, Peking Duck House definitely fell under that category. I had read all the previous reviews about it being a tourist trap and having terrible service before going, but most people said the duck was good, so I let the other stuff slide.
Upon arrival, I saw that the décor and ambiance was almost at a standard American level for nice. No cheesy Chinese paintings, no random aquarium, no stains on the wall, and it was populated by roughly 80% Caucasian patrons. All those things combined should have sent blaring warning signals all throughout my brain. But alas, I ignored them.
The duck was $40 dollars which is pretty expensive but after confirming with the waiter that it was a whole duck, I felt like it wasn't a bad deal, especially since restaurant itself was decently nice. When the duck came out, they showed it to us, and began to make a spectacle of cutting it up. After slicing off the skin and a little bit of the meat, they plated it, put it on our table and took the rest of the duck into the kitchen. I assumed that they were taking the duck back to the kitchen to do a more thorough dissection before bringing the meat back out. I was mistaken. I had paid $43.35 including tax for duck skin and trimmings, gone were the remaining couple pounds of meat still hanging on the duck I thought I had bought.
Those people who actually gave this place a good review have most definitely never had real Peking Duck because Peking Duck includes duck meat and does not include tortillas. So I ate my paltry, albeit expensive meal, gave no tip, and silently stewed all the way home.
All I can say is to not eat here, ever.
I liked it – I have never had peking duck before so I guess I have no comparison, but I had a good experience there. I really liked the duck and the sauce, i did not experience any discrimination, but I am not asian. However, the server was not the friendliest. I'll probably try another place before I return because now I know I like peking duck and to try another place.
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